Sectional tent-stove



J. E. LEONARD.

SECTION/XL TENT STOVE.

APPLICATIONYHLED SEPT. 13, I918.

Patented Mar. 15, 1921.

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JOSEPH EARL LEONARD, 0F CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA.

I SECTIONAL TENT-STOVE.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrrr EARL LEONARD, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Cedar Rapids, Linn county, Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sectional Tent- Stoves, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in sectional tent'stoves, and the objects of my improvements are, first, to construct such a stove of like sections so formed as to be capable of being nested or closely packed when disassembled to occupy a minimum space for transportation; and second, to provide suitable securing-means for said sections when assembled so arranged as to elastically fasten the conjoined parts together.

These objects I have accomplished by the means which are hereinafter described and claimed,- and which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is an elevation of one of my improved tent or camp stoves as assembled; Fig. 2 is a plan view of one of the stove sections as developed on a plane surface; Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the stove shown in said Fig. 1; Fig. 4; is an enlarged fragmental elevation of parts of conjoined sections, and Fig. 5 is a vertical section. thereof taken through the securing means, while Fig. 6 is a horizontal section thereof, taken through one of the rivets.

Similar numerals of reference denote corresponding parts throughout the several views.

My invention constitutes improvements upon the so-called Sibley tent stove, the latter being constructed of a single segmental plate of elastic metal bent and secured together to form an open-ended conical body provided with a draft opening and a door opening having a hinged closure.

The main object of my improved construction is to permit the stove to be shipped in sections and easily assembled at destination. This is especially essential in over-seas shipments where it is important to reduce the cubical contents of a package or crate as much as possible. The parts or sections of my improved stove are so designed as to facilitate the process of manufacture.

With the above ends in view, my improved stove is formed of the three like sections 1, but it is obvious that any plurality Specification of Letters Patent. Patented M r. 15 1921 Application filed September 13, 1918.

Serial No. 253,896.

of sections may be employed. Each section 1 is of the segmental form shown in said Fig. 2, having at or near one end of its wider or basal part the projecting piece 4, and having alined rivet-holes 2 along one longitudinal edge, and rivet-holes ,7 alined along the opposite longitudinal edge. The rivet-holes 7 are longitudinally elongated and circularly widened at 3 at their upper ends. Each of these segments 1 having been cut out to the desired shape, and said rivetholes punched, the segment is pressed to form the two channels 5 therein positioned near and parallel to its longitudinal edges as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The projection 4 is preferably alined with the row of rivet holes 2.

One of thesections '1 is provided with a semi-circular opening 11 in its lower edge to serve as a draft opening, and also has. a door opening covered by a swinging closure 9 mounted on a hinge 10.

The segmental plates 1 are curved as parts i of a cone, so that when the segments are assembled, they form a hollow open-ended cone with the channels 5 overlapped in succession as shown in the detail views Figs. 4 to 6, inclusive, the channel 5 on one side of one section fitting the channel 5 on'the abutting side of the adjacent section. The numeral 6 denotes a rivet having a stepped shank or stem providing an intermediate shoulder, the diminished part of the shank being passed through a rivet-hole 2 and then riveted. The head and wider part of the shank of said rivet is then passed through the widened circular part 3 of the elongated rivet-hole 7, in each case, and the underlying segment 1 pushed downwardly relative to the overlying segment to thereby bring the wider part of the rivet shank into the lower part of the rivet hole 7, in each case. The narrow part of each rivet-hole 7 has an outwardly upset wall 12, the head of the rivet 6 engaging this upset part and thus compressing the channeled parts 5 elastically and tightly to cause them to fit close enough together to prevent passage of the gases of combustion. The tongue-pieces or projections 4 are then bent upwardly over the outer channels 5 to lock said parts additionally.

When thus assembled, the stove is a unitary body strongly secured together, and a number of the stoves may be placed in a nested condition because of the general conical form thereof. The upper end or neck 8 of the stove is conical also, as shown in Fig. 1, which aids in nesting, which could not be done with the neck cylindrical as in the ordinary Sibley type.

Since the segments 1 are curved as part of a cone, when disassembled, they may be nested for shipment in superposed relation, occupying a minimum of space in a crate.

Aside from the like segments, the stove has no separate parts to lose, and special tools are not required in the assembly.

Having described my invention, what I. claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A tent stove composed of a series ofse'ctions having their edges overlapping and connected together by headed studs and key hole slots and the section around the keyhole slots being upset or struck out to form a flexible portion engaging the heads of the studs to cause the overlapping edges of the section to tightly engage each other forming a tight joint.

2. A tent stove composed of a series of sections having their edges overlapping and connected together by headed studs and keyhole slots and the sections around the keyhole slots being upset or struck out to form flexible portions engaging the heads of the studs to cause the overlapping edges to tightly hug each other forming a tight joint and tongues carried by the edges of the sections and bent over the edges of the adjoining sections to prevent the longitudinal movement of the sections relative to each JOSEPH EARL LEONARD, 

